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Fiction film. A record of the F.R. Benson Company’s stage production of The Taming of the Shrew at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre.
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aka: Taming of the Shrew, The
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- Arturo Ambrosio
A version of The Taming of the Shrew which follows the principal action quite closely but eliminates the induction and the scenes with Bianca’s lovers.
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aka: Modern Taming of the Shrew, A
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- Reginald Barker
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- Thomas H. Ince
Feature film. Octavia is a rich society beauty living in New York. Her grandfather, a mining magnate, sends her to Alaska fearing that she is about to marry a foolish city boy. There she meets Chuck...
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Experimental short film. The wooing scene from The Taming of the Shrew in which the actors spoke the complete text, a primitive sound process known as Voxograph. Ball (op cit) writes ‘When it was presented...
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- John B. O’Brien
Silent feature film. Catherine is the spirited, feminist daughter of a wealthy banker. She meets John Henry at a Yale University dinner and he, having read The Taming of the Shrew, resolves to tame her. He...
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Radio broadcast in which Mr Eastman, Mme. Thomas, and Mme M. Dawson perform scenes from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet. Mr Eastman also performs scenes from Henry VIII and The Taming of the Shrew.
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Shakespeare-themed radio programme. Orchestral music, mainly by Mendelssohn, Germain and Sullivan, with old and modern settings of Shakespearean lyrics followed by passages from The Taming of the Shrew....
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- Shakespeare Night
Eight in a series of ‘literary nights’ showcasing Shakespeare’s plays on radio. The programme is conducted with critical commentary by Professor Cyril Brett. Performances are by members of the Cardiff...
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aka: Shakespeare in Story and Music
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- Shakespeare, Scene and Story
Radio broadcast. The actor duo William Macready and Edna Godfrey-Turner recite excerpts from Shakespeare’s plays:
Henry VIII - Cardinal Wolsey’s Farewell
As You Like It - The Seven Ages of Man
Macbeth -...
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- Shakespeare’s Heroines
Tenth in a series of short dramatic recitals in which well-known actresses perform extracts from Shakespeare’s plays. With Madge Titheradge as Katherine in extracts of The Taming of the Shrew II i, IV iii,...
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- Howard Rose
Radio adaptation of the play by Dulcima Glasby. Abridged, arranged and produced by Howard Rose. With Barbara Couper as Kate and Ian Fleming as Petruchio. Reginald Denham narrates.
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Three scenes from Shakespeare’s plays open a programme that also features Edwin Lewis’s ‘Sea Silence’. The Shakespearean scenes comprise: Richard III (I ii and iii) and The Taming of the Shrew (II...
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- Dramatic Reading
Schools radio broadcast. Dramatic reading of scenes from Shakespeare’s comedy. With Andrew Churchman and Barbara Couper.
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- Howard Rose
Radio version of Shakespeare’s play, arranged in 13 scenes by Dulcima Glasby, produced by Howard Rose. With Barbara Couper as Kate and Francis James as Petruchio.
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- English Literature
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- Barbara Burnham
Radio schools broadcast. Dramatic readings from Shakespeare’s play with a short introduction to scenes used as the basis of an English literature lesson for 11-14 year old schoolchildren.
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- Peter Creswell
Godfrey Tearle and Mary Hinton perform as Petruccio and Kate in this radio version of the play adapted for radio and produced by Peter Creswell. With incidental music played by the BBC Variety Orchestra...
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- Columbia Shakespeare Cycle
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- Brewster Morgan
Radio adaptation of The Taming of the Shrew by Gilbert Seldes who also narrates. Edward G. Robinson is Petruchio and Frieda Inescort is Katherina.
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aka: Catherine and Petruchio
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- Dallas Bower
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- Dallas Bower
Televised version of the play as adapted by David Garrick in 1758. In contrast to the original, Garrick’s play has no Induction and merely a simplified subplot. Focusing on the Katherine-Petruchio story,...
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Radio broadcast of The Taming of the Shrew adapted from Angus Bowmer’s stage production. In 1939, OSF took the production to the Golden Gate Exposition in San Francisco, California and the broadcast arises...
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- Peter Creswell
Radio version of Shakespeare’s comedy, arranged for broadcasting and produced by Peter Creswell. The cast includes Fay Compton as Kate and Godfrey Tearle as Petruchio. No further information available...
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- Viktor Banky
Feature film. Contemporary re-working of The Taming of the Shrew, Kate here being a multi-millionnaire heiress.
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- Emil Martonffy
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- Maria Hausz
Feature film. A contemporary musical re-working of The Taming of the Shrew.
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- Schools
Two-part schools broadcast of scenes of Shakespeare’s comedy, adapted for radio by Silvia Goodall. Part 1 consits of readings of Act II i and III ii; part 2 features Act IV i, IV iii and iv and V ii. No...
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aka: The Old Vic at Edinburgh
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- Theatre Programme
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- Ayton Whitaker
This special Old Vic number in the series includes a talk on the theatre by Ralph Richardson and pre-recorded scenes from John Burrell’s Edinburgh Festival theatre production of The Taming of the Shrew...
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- Theatre Guild on the Air
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- Homer Fickett
Radio adaptation of The Taming of the Shrew. Directed by Homer Fickett with Burgess Meredith as Petruchio and Joyce Redman as Katherina.
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- From Midland Theatres
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- Andre van Gyseghem
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- William Hughes
Radio broadcast. The Nottingham Playhouse Company perform extracts from their current production of Shakespeare’s comedy under the direction of Andre van Gyseghem. With George Hagan as Petruchio and Ursula...
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- Donald Wolfit
Radio broadcast. Excerpts from Shakespeare’s play (I iv) are performed by Donald Wolfit and his touring company.
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- Desmond Davis
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- Desmond Davis
Televised studio production of the play adapted for screen by Barbara Nixon with Margaret Johnston as Katherina and Stanley Baker as Petruchio.
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- Andrew C. Love
Live afternoon broadcast of The Taming of the Shrew adapted by Philip Hanson from William Dawkins’ 1953 production for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Michael P. Jensen ‘Radio’ in Burt, Richard (ed)....
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- World Theatre
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- Peter Watts
Full-length radio version of Shakespeare’s play produced and adapted for broadcasting by Peter Watts. With Mary Wimbush as Kate and Joseph O’Conor as Petruchio. The music is collected and arranged by...
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aka: Taming of the Shrew, The
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- Grandi Produzioni di Prosia Alla TV
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- Daniele D’Anza
A production, for Italian television of The Taming of the Shrew directed by Daniele D’Anza with Lea Padovani as Katherina and Gabriele Ferzetti as Petruchio.
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- Tales from Shakespeare
The Shakespeare play in story form read by Richard Baker. Quotations are extensively used.
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- Andrew C. Love
Radio broadcast of The Taming of the Shrew adapted by Carl Ritchie from Robert Loper’s 1960 stage production for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Gerard Larson is Petruchio and Ann Hackney is Kate.
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aka: Kuess Mich, Kaetchen
Kiss Me, Kate
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- Imo Moszkowicz
German television production of Kiss Me, Kate directed by Imo Moskowicz. Role names unknown (3/2008).
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- George Rylands
Complete performance by the Marlowe Dramatic Society, with Peggy Ashcroft as Katherine and Derek Godfrey as Petruchio.
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- Living Shakespeare
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- John Hale
A reading of an abridged version of The Taming of the Shrew, with a cast including Peter O’Toole and Sian Phillips, directed by John Hale.
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- Lode Hendrickx
Cole Porter’s musical staged at the Ghent Opera for Belgian television. Directed by Lode Hendrickx, the production features the London Ballet; Denise de Weerdt is Kate. Orchestration by Gaston Nuyts.
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- Western Civilisation: Majesty and Madness
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- Ian Brims
Instructional programme. Eileen Atkins and Brian Cox introduce scenes from Macbeth, The Taming of the Shrew, and Othello. They play all the roles, changing costumes and make-up. Between scenes they give...
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- Peter Seabourne
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- John Seabourne
Part of a series of educational films intended to serve as an introduction to each play’s theme or atmosphere. Designed to reproduce the conditions of acting in Elizabethan times such as having the same...
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Australian television version of The Taming of the Shrew. John Bell is Petruchio and Carol MacReady is Katherina.
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- Monday Play, The
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- Ian Cotterell
Shakespeare’s play adapted and produced for radio by Ian Cotterell, starring Fenella Fielding as Kate and Paul Daneman as Petruchio.
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- Theatre of the Air
Two-part radio production of Shakespeare’s play with Fenella Fielding and Paul Daneman. No further information available but this is likely to be a repeat broadcast of Ian Cotterell’s production for BBC...
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aka: Taming of the Shrew, The
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- Bob Storm; Senne Rouffeaer
Production of The Taming of the Shrew staged at the Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg (KVS) and directed for Belgian Television by Bob Storm and Senne Rouffaer. Rik Andries is Petruchio and Chris Lomme plays...
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- Norman Campbell; Peter Dews
Television version of Peter Dew’s 1981 production of The Taming of the Shrew for the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival. Len Cariou is Petruchio and Sherry Flett is Katherina. Norman Campbell directs...
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- Chris Wensley
Exploration of the stage history and interpretation of The Taming of the Shrew. Includes workshop performances and discussion of some of the central speeches. Contributors include Dr Jonathan Miller, RSC...
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- Omnibus
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- Christopher Dixon
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- Joseph Papp
A documentary about the 1978 stage production of The Taming of the Shrew by the New York City Shakespeare company at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park. Includes scenes from the production, interviews...
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- Dave Tate
Radio broadcast. 4-part weekly series, presented by Patrick Martyn, showcasing contemporary musical adaptations inspired by Shakespeare. The pieces examined range from popular musicals such as Kiss Me Kate...
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- Playing a Part
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- Jenny Bowen
Fourth in a 10-part radio series seeking the views of leading actors on individual Shakespearean roles. In the 15-minute episode, Janet Suzman describes playing Kate from Taming of the Shrew and explores...
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aka: Taming of the Shrew, The
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- Alfred M. Anders
German television production of The Taming of the Shrew directed by Alfred M. Anders. Role names unknown and no further information on the production found (5/2009).
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- BBC Radio Collection
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- Melanie Harris
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- Melanie Harris
The Taming of the Shrew, adapted for radio, with Gerard McSorley as Petruchio and Ruth Mitchell as Katherina. Music composed by Patrick Dineen.
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